Glancy Nicholls Architects-designed proposals for a 711-home development on the edge of Birmingham city centre are being recommended for approval at a council meeting later this week.

The practice’s Pressworks scheme for Prosperity Developments covers a 1.2ha chunk of Birmingham’s Smithfield Masterplan area includes a 23-storey tower and other blocks of up to 11 storeys in height. The scheme would also deliver 2,099sq m of new commercial space.

The developers have proposed that 10% of the new homes delivered as part of the scheme will be “affordable”, well below Birmingham’s current target of 35%.

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